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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Sherwood

EXPLAINED: Jersey to debate allowing assisted dying for terminally ill - The Real Truth

Protesters outside Westminster when the UK parliament debated the assisted suicide bill in 2015.
Protesters outside Westminster when parliament debated the assisted suicide bill in 2015. Photograph: Peter Marshall/Alamy

Jersey could legalise assisted dying for people who are terminally ill or have an incurable condition with unbearable suffering under proposals to be debated in the island’s parliament.

The proposals, published on Friday, may lead to Jersey becoming the first jurisdiction in the British Isles to allow assisted dying.

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